12/29/2012

Wiercioch falls to Marsteller

Wow.

It’s not
often that the a wrestling match lives up to the hype but the one that took
place in a packed Canon-McMillan gymnasium Saturday night did.

In one of
the most dazzling displays of defensive wrestling, Chance Marsteller of
Kennard-Dale and Cody Wiercioch of Canon-McMillan thrilled the nearly 3,000
fans in the 170-pound finals of the Powerade Christmas Wrestling Tournament.

While this
might be a subjective stat, it would be hard to find anyone in the gym who remembered
a more memorable 3-2 decision where all the points were scored on escapes.

“I wanted to
give the crowd a good match,” said Wiercioch, “and that’s what we did.”

This matchup
of the No. 1- and 2-ranked wrestlers in the country by Intermat came down one
move neither wrestler could control.

The flip of
the disk.

It determined
who would have choice in the fourth overtime period for the ultimate tiebreaker
format. Marsteller won the flip, had the choice in the final overtime and
scored three seconds in to take the 3-2 victory.

17 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Close but no cigar Joe. Marstellar won the flip in the second period, choose down an scored the escape. That first point in regulation determined who choose first in UROWill you rank Pletcher in your updated rankings?

What a great match!! I agree the coin toss cost the CM wrestler.If it was the other way Marstellar would have 1 loss also. Us wrestling fans could not have witnessed 1 of the best matches in years.Congrats to both Marstellar and Wiercioch. WHAT A SHOW

I could see Marshmeller (an unfortunate misspelling from a previous post) opening it up tp 5-2, or even 8-2 at states, but the near tech some people were predicting? No chance. I could also see CW winning 4-3 or something like that. But he has to show how good he can be on top, Chance whipped him from bottom. Nice bout to both boys.

And for those who complain that it's all CM, I want to compliment Garrett Vulcano on one fine tournament taking 4th. He's not quite state champ caliber, but is close enough that he can be that good by March. To CM, and also CH, McGuffey, Waynesburgh, etc, the losses you took here will only make you better. Thanks for the good coverage, Tuscy Joe.

What a great tournament! Taking nothing away from this match-it lived up to and surpassed my best expectations-but I can't even say it was the best match of the night. The 152 match between Parsons and Collica, another low scoring match, was filled with great action and gave the featured matchup a run for the money. Pletcher was a joy toy watch, and Connor Schram showed the lightening quickness that could make Hume the best at 126 in the country (if he would just cut it loose more often). And how about the takedown that was was not called at 182? I think it was the right call, but definitely worth watching the video to make your own call if you have not already seen it.

I watched this match also and Marstellar was in on takedowns in both the first and second periods. wiechuck is fortunate he caught Marstellar early in the season. This match should have never went to OT. The Ot was uneventful Marstellar escaped in like 3 seconds in UTB. No one on here mentioned the "time out" oh, I meant the injury tie out although I didn't see an actual injury. oh well, I just call em lik eI see em.

I'sorry but this was not as great a match from ny perspective. Lot of defense and marstellar controlled the match especially after coming off injury. Wercioch didn't do very much to stop the three second escape in the UTB. If evryone thougth this was the best match ever you've been missing great matches.

I wouldn't call this the greatest match I've ever seen. Not sure if I could pick just one. But it was the best match I saw this year. Scoring was scarce because each wrestler got out of takedown moves that were unbelievable. That's why it was low-scoring.

Marsteller had to be thinking early on: "He just got out of single-leg shots that work 99 percent of the time. He has better balance than a tight-rope walker."

Wiercioch had to be thinking later on: "How can anyone get out of my single-leg shot by going to a split and holding it that long."

Those are moves you just don't see often. That's what you should appreciate about this bout: the ability to defend, which is what wrestling has morphed into over the last decade or two.

I agree marstellar was completely out of gas and so was Cody it was a defensive battle and that takes a lot of strength to defend and btw marstellar will go to 160 not big enough and doesn't want to be tested like that again